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What does husband mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  2. (obsolete) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  3. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
  4. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  5. The male of a pair of animals.
  6. (Britain) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  7. A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  8. (Britain dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
  2. (transitive) To conserve.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  4. (transitive) To provide with a husband.
  5. (transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
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